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Pearson's Crystal Data: Update Page

Once you have obtained one or more Pearson's Crystal Data (PCD) licenses, you should visit this page from time to time. If any bugfixes or (minor) improvements are available, you can download the concerning files from here.

Important:
Please note that the mentioned updates only refer to the software for a given database release. Since there are several database releases, there are different update files for the different database releases. You should check your software version in PCD under "Help/Software info..." before you install the update!
Updates of data are not available free-of-charge but can be requested here.

Release 2009/10

The latest available version of PCD software is version 1.3d, released on June 30, 2010. This version is a maintenance release where the URL syntax to an external link has to be changed, cf. "Known Bugs" page.

Customers of release 2009/10 who are still using software version 1.3, 1.3a, 1.3b, or 1.3c should download the following software patch:

Download PCD_update13d.exe    (June 30, 2010 - 34,644 KB)


Release 2008/9

The latest available version of PCD software is version 1.2d, released on June 30, 2010.

Customers of release 2008/9 who are still using software version 1.2, 1.2a, 1.2b, or 1.2c, should download the following software patch:

Download PCD_update12d.exe    (June 30, 2010 - 2,412 KB)


Release 2007/8

The latest available version of PCD software is version 1.0g, released on June 30, 2010.

Customers of release 2007/8 who already obtained version 1.0c, 1.0d, 1.0e, or 1.0f, should download the following software patch:

Download PCD_update10g.exe    (June 30, 2010 - 2,412 KB)

Important: Customers who are still using an older software version 1.0, 1.0a, or 1.0b, must install the update to version 1.0c first, because some of the data files have changed between version 1.0b and 1.0c! (In this version not only software bugs have been repaired but also a lot of authors (incl. department, university, city, country) have been added that were missing in the previous versions. These address fields could not be searched for and were not displayed in the data sheet.)

Download PCD_update10c.exe    (April 8, 2008 - 359,648 KB)


Downloading and installation instruction

To download and install an update, you should follow these steps:

  1. If PCD software is running, please close it.
  2. Download the update file "PCD_update1XX.exe" by clicking the appropriate link above and then start the automatic update installation with double-click on the downloaded executable file, or directly run it from here.
  3. The WinZip self-extractor will open and automatically start the "Crystal Impact Update Installer".
  4. After the installation you will be prompted to close all open PCD windows. (There should be no such windows when you followed step #1.)
  5. Finally the PCD software will be started in order to check, if the update has been successfull. This version should now list the updated software version number in the "Help/Software info..." dialog.

Note: If you encounter a download problem, please try again or contact pcd-support@crystalimpact.com.

Users of the demonstration version cannot use the above mentioned update but should uninstall the old and then download and install the latest demo version. (See link to demo version on the left.)

New bugs are collected on our "Known Bugs" page, where you can also find a list of previously repaired bugs.